CONCORD, N.H. -- Keep an eye out for amphibians
on the roads in the coming weeks, especially on warm, rainy nights. Spotted
salamanders, spring peepers, wood frogs and toads will be hopping and
sliding across New Hampshire roadways on the first warm wet nights, heading
to mate and lay their eggs in vernal pools and other wetlands. They are
already on the move in southern New Hampshire, according to Wetlands Biologist
Michael Marchand of the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department's Nongame
and Endangered Wildlife Program.

"If you can, consider picking up that gallon of
milk on the way home from work instead of driving after dark on rainy
nights in April through the first week of May. By doing so, you could
help save some of the thousands of salamanders, frogs and toads that will
be run over by cars during this period," says Fish and Game Wildlife
Biologist Eric Orff.

The height of spring amphibian activity comes during
the first rainy nights after you begin to hear the spring peepers. So
give our slithery neighbors a brake, and consider doing your errands during
dry evenings or daylight hours in the coming weeks.

The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department is the guardian
of the state's fish, wildlife and marine resources and their habitats.